Data CentersNASDAQ:APLD
Data center stocks kick off 2026 with Vertiv jump after Barclays upgrade
Data center stocks ended the first trading day of 2026 on Friday with a sharp split between infrastructure suppliers and real estate landlords. Vertiv…
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NYSE:NOWStock Market
ServiceNow (NOW) stock price today: Shares slide nearly 4% to start 2026 as software lags
ServiceNow, Inc. shares closed down $5.71, or 3.7%, at $147.45 on Friday, after trading as high as $154.69 and as low as $145.65. Volume…
NASDAQ:DWQNASDAQ:IONQ
Quantum computing stocks surge to start 2026: D-Wave, Rigetti, IonQ lead — what investors watch next
Pure-play quantum computing stocks closed sharply higher on Friday, kicking off the first trading day of 2026 with outsized gains as investors returned to…
NASDAQ:AMATNASDAQ:AMD
Semiconductor stocks jump as Micron surges 10% and SOXX rallies in first session of 2026
U.S. semiconductor stocks powered higher in the last session before the weekend, pushing the iShares Semiconductor ETF up 4.2% on Friday. Micron Technology and…
NASDAQ:AAPLNASDAQ:AMZN
Big Tech stocks end first session of 2026 mixed as Tesla slides on deliveries, chips rebound
Big Tech stocks started 2026 on a split note on Friday, with Tesla’s drop after its delivery report offsetting strength in chipmakers led by…
Energy MarketsNatural Gas
Natural gas price today slips on warmer outlook; UNG dips while LNG-linked stocks hold up
U.S. natural gas futures closed out the week lower on Friday, with the benchmark contract at $3.618 per million British thermal units, a standard…
NYSE:SLVPrecious Metals
Silver price today: SLV pops 2% as spot silver ends higher near $72 — here’s what’s next
iShares Silver Trust, a silver-backed exchange-traded fund that trades like a stock, rose 2.06% on Friday to close at $65.75. The fund was last…
CryptocurrencyETFs
XRP price today steadies near $2 as spot XRP ETF inflows and SEC exit draw focus
XRP traded around $2.01 on Saturday, down about 0.1% on the day after a near 7% rise on Friday that lifted the token back…
BitcoinCryptocurrency
Bitcoin price today: BTC hovers near $90,000 as Fed data loom; crypto stocks jump into 2026
Bitcoin eased 0.9% to $89,990 on Saturday, hovering near the $90,000 mark as weekend trading stayed thin. Ether slipped 0.9% to $3,105.90.
Federal ReserveGold
Gold price today: Bullion holds above $4,300 as Fed-cut bets linger and jobs data looms
Gold prices began 2026 near record territory, ending Friday modestly higher even as the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields firmed. Spot gold rose 0.36%…
Electric VehiclesHKG:1211.HK
Wall Street kicks off 2026 higher as chipmakers rally, Tesla slides on deliveries
The Dow rose 319.10 points, or 0.66%, to 48,382.39 on Friday and the S&P 500 added 0.19% to 6,858.47, while the Nasdaq slipped 0.03%…
HKG:1211NASDAQ:TSLA
Dow Jones today: Boeing, Caterpillar power blue-chip rise as jobs report looms
With U.S. markets closed on Saturday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average last ended Friday up 319.10 points, or 0.7%, at 48,382.39 in Wall Street’s…
NASDAQ:ASTS
AST SpaceMobile stock rockets nearly 15% — BlueBird 7 launch prep back in focus
AST SpaceMobile shares surged 14.9% on Friday, ending at $83.47 and marking one of the stock’s biggest single-day moves in recent weeks. The stock…
NASDAQ:CRWDStock Market
CrowdStrike stock drops 3% to $453 as 2026 begins — here’s what investors are watching next
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. shares fell 3.2% on Friday, the first trading day of 2026, closing at $453.58 — down about $15 on the day.…
NASDAQ:INTUStock Market
Intuit stock sinks nearly 5% after insider sale filings hit tape; what’s next for INTU
Intuit Inc. shares fell 5% in the first session of 2026, ending Friday at $629.46. The stock traded as low as $622.31 and as…
NYSE:CATStock Market
Caterpillar stock jumps toward $600 as 2026 trading starts; Wolfe lifts CAT target
Caterpillar Inc. shares last closed up $25.42, or 4.4%, at $598.41, outperforming most large industrial names on the first trading day of 2026.